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Showing posts with label chickens. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chickens. Show all posts
Tuesday, 16 April 2019

No dig gets off the ground

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The Easter holiday comes as an annual life saver for me. It is a chance to catch up with everything (including writing my blog!!!). For...
Monday, 30 July 2018

To Save A Chicken

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Our newest inhabitants on the smallholding - 'rescue' hens Read on and you may be surprised I've got these A vast majori...
Sunday, 22 July 2018

It's a short life for a meat chicken

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This seems a long time ago now Six months does not seem a long time for a table bird to live before it makes the journey into the freeze...
Tuesday, 26 June 2018

Taking Stock on Midsummer's Day

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Thursday 21st June 2018 Midsummer It's midsummer. Most of the sowing is done. Most of the baby animals and birds are born. A few cr...
Thursday, 31 May 2018

Outdoor reared turkeys

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Tuesday 22nd May 2018 The Dry Weather Turkey Chicks The original plan was to move the young turkeys with one or both of their mums up to ...
Sunday, 13 May 2018

The War On Slugs

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Saturday 28th April 2018 The War Against Slugs I made some new slug traps today from old plastic food pots. I am having a concerted ...
Monday, 9 April 2018

Smelly Chicks

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Thursday 5th April 2018 Smelly Chicks With Sue due back today, a general tidy up was in order. After wrestling with the hoover for a whil...
Sunday, 7 January 2018

Pekins here we come!

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Friday 5th January 2018 Duck! Duck! Duck! Duck! Duck! I received a lovely message in my inbox today. A company who supply hatching kits fo...
Sunday, 31 December 2017

A New Year Clear Out

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Saturday 30th December 2017 Poultry thinning The Muscovy ducks are so big now that, despite recently waving goodbye to four of them, there...